Download or read book The National Shipbuilding Research Program, Proceedings of the IREAPS Technical Symposium Paper No. 29: The Functional Approach to Problem Solving in the Shipyard Environment written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This discussion will cover a structured problem solving methodology as it is used in the Operations Department at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics. A brief overview will describe several successful applications of the problem solving methodology. To provide an understanding of the concepts, a brief description of the technique used will be given.